"I will always promote God's true character 'big guy', despite your hell-bent desire to make Him into an immoral, irrational, punisher." - Aspen
-- Again with you injecting your non-supported opinion.
Have never thought that - or claimed - Jesus was an "immoral, irrational punisher."
You have absolutely nothing to base it on but you throw it out there to deflect.
Your M.O. is pretty obvious by now.
Jesus gave these warnings (along with His life) to do all He could to keep people from suffering this terrible fate.
(Does that really sound like an "immoral, irrational punisher" to you?)
Salvation 101, big guy
"I will always promote God's true character 'big guy', despite your hell-bent desire to make Him into an immoral, irrational, punisher. Of course Jesus warned about Hell - He was trying to promote the Kingdom of Heaven in the hearts of His creation. If people refused to repent and remained unredeemed, their hearts would remain hard and they would not be able to learn to be citizens of heaven through justification and sanctification. " - Aspen
-- So Jesus warned about Hell multiple times, not to warn people of the dangers of actually ending up there...but to prevent their hearts from being hardened?
He warned of Hell in order to make sure people understood the dangers awaiting those who do not repent and accept him.
He then proved the warnings were done out of love by sacrificing His life to pay for any sins they committed.
Everything He said and did was out of love.
Yes, it really is that simple.
-- Again with you injecting your non-supported opinion.
Have never thought that - or claimed - Jesus was an "immoral, irrational punisher."
You have absolutely nothing to base it on but you throw it out there to deflect.
Your M.O. is pretty obvious by now.
Jesus gave these warnings (along with His life) to do all He could to keep people from suffering this terrible fate.
(Does that really sound like an "immoral, irrational punisher" to you?)
Salvation 101, big guy
"I will always promote God's true character 'big guy', despite your hell-bent desire to make Him into an immoral, irrational, punisher. Of course Jesus warned about Hell - He was trying to promote the Kingdom of Heaven in the hearts of His creation. If people refused to repent and remained unredeemed, their hearts would remain hard and they would not be able to learn to be citizens of heaven through justification and sanctification. " - Aspen
-- So Jesus warned about Hell multiple times, not to warn people of the dangers of actually ending up there...but to prevent their hearts from being hardened?
He warned of Hell in order to make sure people understood the dangers awaiting those who do not repent and accept him.
He then proved the warnings were done out of love by sacrificing His life to pay for any sins they committed.
Everything He said and did was out of love.
Yes, it really is that simple.